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CLASSIC CLAPTON were formed as After Midnight in 1985 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the home-town of The Animals, Mark Knopfler and Sting. The band took their name from ECs first solo US hit. Their ability to re-create Claptons electrifying stage performances really caught the audiences imagination. In guitar/vocalist Mike Hall, the band possesses a front man who not only looks like Eric, he sings and plays guitar like him too!

In 1999, Mike won a national look-alike competition held at Madam Tussauds, London. Mike has met Slowhand twice, and even received a message of encouragement from the guitar maestro (written on a Concorde menu). In 2001 the band were honoured to perform at Clapton's Fan Club Convention in London. They are now acknowledged as The World's Number 1 Eric Clapton Tribute Band.

TYNE TEES TELEVISION were so impressed, they made a programme about them, called 'COVER THEIR TRACKS'. It was screened in the UK in 2000 and received rave reviews, leading to national recognition.

In 2001 they embarked on an extensive tour of UK Theatres. When the band started playing outside Newcastle, they had to think of a name for the show which was easily recognisable by people in other regions, who perhaps had not heard ECs hit record "After Midnight". They called the tribute show "CLASSIC CLAPTON".

Since then, the band has toured extensively, including concerts at The Royal Festival Hall, London and a triumphant appearance at Glastonbury Festival, England in 2002. The band has toured Ireland, Scotland and Wales numerous times. They have performed numerous concerts in Europe including Spain & Estonia.

On 17 July 2009 they performed at St. Andrews Auditorium, Mumbai. It was a 10,000 mile round trip in just 4 days, but it was worth it for a fantastic gig.

In August 2009 the band appeared at festivals in Ireland & Holland.

In May 2008 they played at The Acoustic Festival of Britain, Derbyshire between Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull. In the past 24 years CLASSIC CLAPTON has become something of a rock institution.

They have released three albums. Firstly THE MUSIC OF ERIC CLAPTON contains brilliant cover-versions of 17 Clapton Classics. Their second album is a live double CD ''CLASSIC CLAPTON Unplugged'' recorded at Belfast Waterfront Hall. In 2005 they released their third album CLASSIC CREAM featuring 20 songs made famous by the sixties supergroup.

Eric Claptons recent tours unfortunately have visited only a limited number of large arenas. If fans want to hear all of his hits performed in more intimate surroundings, they really should attend a CLASSIC CLAPTON concert.

The band will be performing authentic versions of all the popular Clapton Classics including Wonderful Tonight, Tears in Heaven, Crossroads, I Shot The Sheriff, Sunshine of Your Love, Lay Down Sally, Cocaine and of course Layla! There will even be an UNPLUGGED segment.

NEARLY 2 HOURS OF CLASSIC CLAPTON

Please visit our web-site:- www.classic-clapton.com

See also:- www.myspace.com/aftermidnightgroup